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THE ATTIC
1 July 2010
Issue No. Thirteen
www.atticneedlework.com
RECIPES FOR
TWO QUAKERS SHARE JULY’S
SAMPLER OF THE MONTH HONORS A CURE DETAILS
ON PAGE 4
Above, “Julia Iden’s 1804” from The Goode Huswife’s Book of Designs
Vol IV, one of two reproductions never before published included as part of
the 10 designs in this volume. However, because three of the samplers have
been “republished” in individual charts or as part of Vol I, I’ve reduced the
regular $80 price this month by 40% ~ only $48 for the book. That’s less than
$5 per design. (The other 9 samplers included in Volume IV are pictured on
page 2.) LIMITED TO QUANTITY ON HAND - I cannot reorder this.
Below, Cherished Stitches’ “Sweet Land of Liberty” ($14) that I have
wanted to stitch since it arrived in the shop. I haven’t stitched many Quaker
medallion samplers ~ and after restarting twice, I recognize my problem:
Counting errors are hard to disguise on geometric motifs! And I make many!
Above, the Stitches ‘n Spice linen + the Belle Soie
silks that are in the “final” conversion. Initially I
converted to the cotton overdyes listed in the chart, but
as I stitched I was struggling with several of the colors
and I’ve finally modified a few of them to more closely
match the colors in the reproduction photo, and I like it
much better. (It remains to be seen if I rip mine out and
redo. Help, Rhonda! I need your scissors!) Also shown
is an NPI conversion that Debra did for those who
prefer solid silks. (continued on page 2)
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THE OTHER DESIGNS IN VOLUME IV
Right, “Priscilla Sharp,” the other previously
unpublished chart in this volume. I love this one as
well. I hope you can read the verse at the scale I’ve
used.
Below, Cherished Stitches’ “Sweet Land of Liberty”
is created with only 3 colors. We’re showing you 3
thread choices: Gloriana’s Florimell (which uses
Au Ver A’Soie as its base), Belle Soie and Gentle Art
Sampler Threads, used by the designer.
Here’s my first start where I miscounted on the
downhill right angles.
July Sampler of the Month Savings:
“Julia Iden 1804” as part of Book of Designs,
Vol IV, 40% off $80 or $48
Save 15% on the supplies:
for “Julia Iden” ~ for 40c linen with 2-inch
margins ($9) + Belle Soie ($52) OR NPI silks ($48)
for “Sweet Land of Liberty” ($14) 30c Desert
Dunes linen over one ($8), 40c Lakeside vintage
linen ($11), or 35c Weeks ($13) + Florimell ($21) or
Belle Soie ($19.50). (There is no discount allowed
for the Gentle Art Sampler Threads.)
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July at The Attic
If you are a member of our Attic Addicts club,
you may save 15% on your purchase of the
following during July:
• Anything Red, White or Blue
• Shepherd’s Bush Kits and Mats
• All Hand-Dyed Linen
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In anticipation of our Semi-Annual Framing Frenzy, I thought you might be
interested in learning the rigorous process that Sandy follows in ensuring that
your needlework receives the heirloom treatment that it deserves.
Your needlework is mounted on acid-free foam core, following the thread
line with careful pinning. Unfortunately, the only example available when I was
preparing to include this information was round, so I can’t show you the
exactness that is followed, but I hope that you get the idea.
Saturday, July 10, Stitch-In & Potluck, 10:30
till ?? ~ Spend the day stitching with friends
under the fans in our cool classroom and forget
that it’s 110 outside. If you wish, bring a treat to
share for lunch. Pre-registration, please, and a
must: Bring a copy of your e-mailed recipe for
our Recipe for a Cure Cookbook as your
ticket to get in. No exceptions!
Saturday, July 17, Our Semi-Annual
Framing Frenzy ~ Here’s your opportunity to
save 20% on your custom framing! Bring your
finished needlework projects in, give Sandy your
budget, your likes (“I love burled wood”) and
dislikes (“I don’t like primitive”), and she will do
the rest, including select the perfect frame (and
mats if you’d like) from hundreds of mouldings to
best enhance your needlework. A $20 deposit per
piece. See the article on the heirloom framing
steps that she follows with each framed piece.
The photo above depicts the rabbet
guard that Sandy uses to cover the
entirety of each frame’s rabbet so that
your needlework doesn’t rest on the
wood, to prevent acid migration and
preserve your needlework for, we
hope, future generations.
Next time I’ll discuss the choices
Saturday, July 17, Time Well Spent Stitch Group, 10:30 - 12:30 Because I love this multi-stitch band available in glass, if you choose to use
sampler and because many of you do as well, and I’ve
been promising to do this as a group project, let’s get
started! We will meet monthly for the time being.
Monthly fee: $5
Sunday, July 18, Sampler Sunday, 1 - 4 PM
Bring your sampler in progress and any other
show-and-share projects, the part of the day most
enjoyed by all (well, except maybe for dessert) and
join a sampler-lovers’ group of needlewomen for
an afternoon of our shared passion.
Preregistration, please. Fee: $10
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Once the needlework is perfectly pinmounted to the foam core, it is
affixed to the foam core with a
neutral-pH tape that doesn’t damage
or distort the linen, and the pins are
removed. While some argue that the
age-old technique of lacing is the
only way to properly mount
needlework, we have seen in many
instances the distortion in the linen
that lacing causes over the years. I
should have included a photograph
of an antique sampler that I have
unframed and am reproducing.
Perhaps I will next time. It was
laced, and when we took it apart, the
lacing was totally deteriorated, but
before that happened, it had severely
distorted the linen after years of
tension on the fabric.
New from Stacy Nash:
“Love
Letters” ($20), a collection of loveinspired designs. More Photos on page 4.
Saturday, July 31, Hawk Run Hollow Stitch
Group, 10:30 - 12:30 If you’re stitching any in this
series, please join us and get reinspired to complete this
large sampler. Please call to register.
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Time is running out for you
to share your favorite recipe for
a delicious fund-raising project!
We need your recipes!
November and our annual Silent Auction for Breast Cancer Research
is fast approaching, and this year an idea emerged to add a delicious
“treat” to this year’s fund-raising efforts Get out your favorite recipe
that you enjoy serving, type it into an e-mail (no attachments, please),
and email it to Paula: kelmscott@islandnet.com ~ in the subject area
state “Recipe for A Cure.”Please proofread/double-check your recipe
for accuracy. At the bottom of the recipe, please include your first
name and either the state you are from (if you are in the USA) or the
country you are from. The Attic will publish the recipe book, and the
net proceeds from the recipe book sales will be donated to the Breast
Cancer Research Foundation. The deadline for submissions
is July 15, 2010
OCTOBER 3: CLASS ON BUTTON/
CROCHETED TRIM
Sunday, October 3, 1 - 4 PM, Linda Danielson of
Samplers Remembered will teach the trim technique shown
above. The $35 Class/Teaching Fee will include a kit with
everything you will need to learn this technique: 1 yard of
trim, 115 antique buttons, 1 ball of ecru crochet thread, a
crochet hook, and miscellaneous thread and needles needed to
sew the trim to your finished cushion.
The supplies you should bring to class: scissors, pins, and
the cushion that you have stitched, stuffed, and finished.
Dyeing the trim and crochet thread and incorporating
your own buttons will be a perfect next project just in time for
the gift-giving season.
We’ve done silk conversions and selected hand-dyed linens for the
above Needleprint Ackworth reproductions, “Hannah Gilpin” on
the right and “Sarah Harris” on the left (available for download at
http://needleprint.blogspot.com) but last week prices were
inadvertently omitted.
So here they are, for 40c w/2-inch
margins ~ a bit higher for larger counts and cuts.
For “Hannah Gilpin” (right) ~ NPI ($44) or Dinky Dyes
($42.50) + linen, $24
For “Sarah Harris” (left) ~ NPI ($160) or Au Ver A’Soie
($156) + linen, $31
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NEW FROM VARIOUS DESIGNERS
Clockwise from the right, “Miriam
Chilvers” ($15) reproduced by Samplers
Remembered ~ if you’ve been in the shop,
you’ve seen Miriam’s charming sampler
with its well-dressed lady with her purse as
the central figure, the sampler being
“reintroduced” by its new distributor ~
Kelmscott Designs’ adorable “Scissors
Shoe” ($10) that includes a folk-art-painted
wooden shoe base, 3 designs (including all
26 monograms), the trim and finishing
instructions ~ and the Lace Scissors
($11.50), perfectly petite 2.75” ~ Acorn
H o u s e D e s i g n s ’ s we e t s e t , “ D a i s y
Chain” ($18) ~ Plum Street Samplers’
“Olga” ($9), a charming fall sampler cat ~
Kelmscott’s newest Blackbird
Needleminder ($9.50) ~ Island Cottage
Needlearts’ “Saltbox Chickens Thread
Palette Kit” ($25) ~ Wendy KC Designs’
“Sharon’s Garden” ($14) filled with lots of
specialty stitches.
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FROM LITTLE HOUSE NEEDLEWORKS
From left to right, each $6, “Singing the Blues” ~ “Liberty Belles” ~ and the newest in Diane’s ornament series, “Frosty Flakes”
FROM COUNTRY COTTAGE NEEDLEWORKS
FROM JUST*NAN
Above, “Summer at the
Shore” ($8) and, right, “Mary
Mary Quite Contrary” ($6)
Next in her 2010 Humbug Collection,
“Summer Wings” is winging its way to us now.
The chartpack ($23) includes the Jeweled
Butterfly Pin ~ its verse: “Summer breezes lift
lacy wings.” A cut of the 28c fabric to stitch
this petite piece is $5.
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Limited Edition Summer
T h re a d Pa c k e t f ro m T h e
Thread Gatherer ~ $23
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We showed you this last week, but I used the wrong photo ~ here’s one with truer color,
“Liberty,” a new patriotic design, complimentary with the purchase of the very charming
and complementary Priscilla’s Pocket frame ($65) with its peeling paint effect. effects.
New Tuffet from Dinky Dyes
Designs is packaged with the
beautiful silks ~ $14.50
Permin’s “Dutch Beauty”
Many sampler enthusiasts will recognize this perennial favorite, Permin’s “Duth
Beauty” ($13) ~ and Sandy has framed a number of them and shipped them to various
corners of this country ~ and now one of our customers asked us to do a conversion to
Belle Soie ~ and, of course, it made us want to stitch this beauty right now! The silks
glowed on the darker fabric, as I think you can see from the photos on the right.
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NEW FROM NEEDLEWORKPRESS/VICKIE LOPICCOLO JENNETT
A package of 10 envelopes with
special graphics for sampler
enthusiasts ($5/pack) ~ AND the
latest issue of SANQ , Fall 2010
has as its cover feature another
exquisite sampler from Vickie’s
collection, and an accompanying
article and reproduction. You go,
Girl! We are so proud of your
success ~ and even more proud to
have you as a friend of The Attic.
And here’s some inspiration from our fabulous customers:
Left, Loretta’s charming pincushion, the kit is new from Just
Another Button Company ($48) ~ her cup is perfect for it!
Below, Carol’s fabulous start on 30c over one of “Autumn at Hawk
Run Hollow”
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A MEMORABLE WEEKEND WITH FAMILY
Hannah won a scholarship for a week-long summer session at the Arizona
Broadway Theatre Academy and, along with 58 other young people ages 7
- 18, performed in their “Movin’: An Adventure Musical” last Saturday.
What fun they had!
And Sunday we had a “downtown” day in Phoenix,
riding the Light Rail to the circus.
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